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SIAC Arb  
SIAC Arbitration Rules (2025)

7.1 The Respondent shall deliver a Response to the Notice to the Registrar and the Claimant within 14 days from the date of commencement of the arbitration or the date of the Respondent’s receipt of the Notice, whichever is later. The Response shall include the following:
(a) the identity and contact details of the Respondent and its representatives;
(b) the date and mode of delivery of the Response to the Claimant;
(c) a brief statement describing the nature and circumstances of the dispute and a confirmation or denial of all or part of the claims;
(d) any objection to jurisdiction under Rule 8.1 and/or Rule 31.2;
(e) a statement describing the nature and circumstances of any counterclaim, cross-claim, or set-off, including the relief claimed and an initial estimate of the claim amount;
(f) any comment as to the applicable rules of law, seat of the arbitration, language of the arbitration, number of arbitrators, and procedure for the constitution of the Tribunal; and
(g) a statement on the existence of any third-party funding agreement and the identity and contact details of the third-party funder.
7.2 If the Claimant has filed a Statement of Claim with the Notice pursuant to Rule 6.4, the Respondent may, but is not required to, include a Statement of Defence and Statement of Counterclaim in accordance with Rule 33.3.
7.3 The Response may include any comment on the adoption of amicable dispute resolution methods such as mediation under the SIAC-SIMC AMA Protocol for the settlement of all or part of the dispute.
7.4 The failure of the Respondent to submit its Response will not prevent the SIAC Court, the President, the Vice President, the Registrar, or the SIAC Secretariat from making any decision under these Rules and proceeding with the administration of the arbitration.
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